The Ten Commandments of Designing an Information Dashboard

So your CEO read about data-driven decisions as the in-thing and realized that the information dashboard is the Holy Grail he was looking for to improve the engagement quotient of his product. You have been given the mandate to create that masterpiece. But hey, wait! before you set on your expedition, here are our ten commandments of designing an information dashboard that will help you sail through:

Thou shalt have no other gods before thy user. Respect and understand his needs.

Thou shalt not make any complicated image. Thou design should be simple, clear and precise.

Thou shalt not take the name of the dashboard in vain. Never forget that thy dashboard has a purpose to fulfill.